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Thomas Nast

The Father of Modern Political Cartoons

By: Fiona Deans Halloran

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Thomas Nast

The Father of Modern Political Cartoons

By: Fiona Deans Halloran

Thomas Nast (1840-1902), the founding father of American political cartooning, is perhaps best known for his cartoons portraying political parties as the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant. Nast's legacy also includes a trove of other political cartoons, his successful attack on the machine politics of Tammany Hall in 1871, and his wildly popular illustrations of Santa Claus for Harper's Weekly magazine. Throughout his career, his drawings provided a pointed critique that forced readers to confront the contradictions around them. In this thoroughgoing and lively biography, Fiona Deans Halloran focuses not just on Nast's political cartoons for Harper's but also on his place within the complexities of Gilded Age politics and highlights the many contradictions in his own life: he was an immigrant who attacked immigrant communities, a supporter of civil rights who portrayed black men as foolish children in need of guidance, and an enemy of corruption and hypocrisy who idolized Ulysses S. Grant. He was a man with powerful friends, including Mark Twain, and powerful enemies, including William M. "Boss" Tweed. Halloran interprets Nast's work, explores his motivations and ideals, and illuminates Nast's lasting legacy on American political culture.

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UNC Press Books

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0807837350

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9780807837351

All Day at the Movies

By: Fiona Kidman

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All Day at the Movies

By: Fiona Kidman

Described as a 'beautiful writer' by The Times, Fiona Kidman brings us a sweeping saga of family ties, heartbreaks, and learning to live with the past. 'A universal and honest book' San Francisco Book Review When war widow Irene Sandle goes to work in New Zealand’s tobacco fields in 1952, she hopes to start a new, independent life for herself and her daughter – but the tragic repercussions of her decision will resonate long after Irene has gone. Each of Irene’s children carries the events of their childhood throughout their lives, played out against a backdrop of great change – new opportunities emerge for women, but social problems continue to hold many back. Headstrong Belinda becomes a successful filmmaker, but struggles to deal with her own family drama as her younger siblings are haunted by the past. A sweeping saga covering half a century, this is a powerful exploration of family ties and heartbreaks, and of learning to live with the past.

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312

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Gallic Books

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1910709387

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9781910709382

Savannah Secrets

By: Fiona Hood-Stewart

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Savannah Secrets

By: Fiona Hood-Stewart

When eccentric Rowena Carstairs leaves her sizable estate to an illegitimate grandson who was given up for adoption at birth, Savannah attorney Meredith Hunter is obliged to track him down. Her search takes her to the wilds of Scotland, where she is shocked to discover that the man is none other than infamous corporate raider Grant Gallagher. Despite her reluctance to deal with such a ruthless man, Meredith knows she has no choice but to fulfill her client's wishes. Although he's indifferent to the inheritance, Grant is increasingly curious about the family he never knew he had and his grandmother's motives. And about Meredith, who's not the kind of woman he ever imagined he'd be attracted to.

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Harlequin

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1460362322

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9781460362327

Dining with the Famous and Infamous

By: Fiona Ross

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Dining with the Famous and Infamous

By: Fiona Ross

Dining with the Famous and Infamous is an entertaining journey into the gastronomic peccadilloes of celebrities, stars, and notorious public figures. From outrageous artists to masterpiece authors, from rock stars to actors – everybody eats. Based on the findings of the British gastro-detective Fiona Ross, this volume explores the palates, the plates, and the preferences of the famous and infamous. Including recipes and their stories in the lives of those who cooked, ordered or ate them, Ross invites you to taste the culinary secret lives of people like Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Sinatra, and Woody Allen, among many others. Food voyeurism has arrived. If you’ve ever wondered whether George Orwell really swigged Victory Gin or whether cherries played their part in the fall of Oscar Wilde, then Dining with the Famous and Infamous will satisfy your appetite. 'Marilyn Monroe becomes a different kind of sex goddess when you discover she tried to eat her way out of Some Like It Hot with aubergine parmigiana: every curve you see on film is a protest (plus early signs of pregnancy!). You can recreate a ‘Get Gassed’ afternoon cocktail with Andy Warhol and Truman Capote; shake up the chocolate martini Liz Taylor and Rock Hudson invented on the set of Giant; and even relive the Swinging Sixties with the foodie tales, hedonism and hashish cookies of Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. Who wouldn’t want to sit at the table of their favorite film star, writer, artist or warlock and taste a piece of their lives?

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259

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Rowman & Littlefield

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144225226X

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9781442252264

Regional State Aid and Competition Policy

By: Fiona Wishlade

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Regional State Aid and Competition Policy

By: Fiona Wishlade

The increasing importance attached to the economic and social cohesion of the European Union since the 1980s, and the role of competition policy in achieving this objective, has special significance for the control of regional aids, given the general ban on State aid. Regional aids are considered to have the potential to contribute to economic and social cohesion and to undermine its attainment. The notion of competition policy as an instrument of economic and social cohesion has become a standard part of Commission rhetoric in defence of its actions. This book is concerned with the influence of EU competition policy on the regional policies of the Member States. It focuses on how the European Commission has interpreted the derogations from the State aid ban to enable the conduct of regional aid policies. The book takes both a historical perspective, tracing the evolution of policy, and a thematic one, examining in particular the relationship between EU competition and cohesion policies and the treatment of aid to very large projects. The author clearly demonstrates that, in reality, the competition policy control of regional aids is of much longer standing than the community?s explicit regional aid policy and, in many respects, of arguably greater influence. She shows how competition policy has for almost thirty years shaped the design, scope and implementation of national regional aid policies; in no EU country has regional policy been unaffected by Commission intervention in the name of competition policy. Moreover, the policy principles developed for the EU now apply extraterritorially to members of the European Economic Area and to the current applicant countries. The study?s overall perspective is policy-oriented. It considers both the impact of Commission intervention in the past and the implications of policy for the future, especially in the context of enlargement and a wider Europe. It will be an invaluable resource for all policymakers and practitioners active in the fields of economic development, regional policy and State aid law at European, national and subnational levels.

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9041119752

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9789041119759

Active Grammar Level 2 without Answers and CD-ROM

By: Fiona Davis,Wayne Rimmer

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Active Grammar Level 2 without Answers and CD-ROM

By: Fiona Davis,Wayne Rimmer

A three-level series of grammar reference and practice books for teenage and young adult learners. Active Grammar Level 2 covers all the grammatical points usually taught at B1-B2 (CEF) level. The book presents grammar points in meaningful context through engaging and informative texts, followed by clear explanations. Useful tips highlight common mistakes that intermediate students usually make. Carefully graded exercises provide plenty of challenging practice and encourage students to apply their own ideas creatively to grammar learning. A large number of contrastive revision exercises in the book and on the CD-ROM allow students to assess and monitor their progress. This version without answers and CD-ROM is suitable for classroom use and self-study.

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209

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Cambridge University Press

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052115359X

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9780521153591

Rethinking Faecal Sludge Management in Emergency Settings

Decision Support Tools and Smart Technology Applications for Emergency Sanitation

By: Fiona Zakaria

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Rethinking Faecal Sludge Management in Emergency Settings

Decision Support Tools and Smart Technology Applications for Emergency Sanitation

By: Fiona Zakaria

The development of technology in the emergency sanitation sector has not been emphasised sufficiently considering that the management of human excreta is a basic requirement for every person. The lack of technology tailored to emergency situations complicates efforts to cater for sanitation needs in challenging humanitarian crisis. Concerns persists on the lack of faecal sludge management that considers the whole sanitation chain from containment until treatment. This study focused on the development of a smart emergency toilet termed the eSOS (emergency sanitation operation system) smart toilet to address the limitation in technical options. This toilet is based on the eSOS concept that takes into account the entire sanitation chain. This study also addresses the limited time for planning in emergencies by developing a decision support system (DSS) to help quick selection of optimal sanitation options. The aim was to enable users of the DSS to plan their emergency sanitation response within the shortest time possible. The study aims to contribute toward a better emergency sanitation response by application of technology advances.

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221

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CRC Press

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1000691705

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9781000691702

Justice

A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia

By: Fiona Skyring

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Justice

A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia

By: Fiona Skyring

A lively and multi-dimensional insight into Australian history, Justice: A history of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia reveals the human face of some of the nation's major social, political and legal reforms of the past four decades. The Aboriginal Legal Service began by defending Aboriginal people's right to equality before the law, and its defence of Aboriginal people's human rights has taken this story beyond the criminal justice system.

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UWA Publishing

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192140163X

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9781921401633

Residential Property Appraisal

Volume 1 - Valuation and Law

By: Chris Rispin,Fiona Haggett,Carrie de Silva,Phil Parnham,Larry Russen

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Residential Property Appraisal

Volume 1 - Valuation and Law

By: Chris Rispin,Fiona Haggett,Carrie de Silva,Phil Parnham,Larry Russen

Residential Property Appraisal, Volumes 1 and 2 are essential handbooks not only for students studying surveying but also for surveyors and others involved in the appraisal of residential property. Volume 1 has been updated and covers the valuation process as it relates to residential properties, particularly when valuation is undertaken for secured lending purposes. It addresses the basic skills required, the risks posed in a valuation, the key drivers of value, emerging issues that impact valuation and the key legal and RICS Regulatory considerations that a valuer needs to understand. Volume 2 of the book goes on to address the inspection and survey of residential properties, covering new technology, modern methods of construction, problem plants and pests, damp in new builds, and modern building services. New challenges for the surveyor to consider include the health and well-being of building occupants, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and schedules of condition, energy and building performance, and owner-occupied and tenanted properties. An essential book for students studying to enter the residential survey and valuation profession and for existing practitioners who wish to improve their knowledge of industry practices.

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Routledge

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1000505804

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9781000505801

The Political Agency of British Migrants

Brexit and Belonging

By: Fiona Ferbrache,Jeremy MacClancy

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The Political Agency of British Migrants

Brexit and Belonging

By: Fiona Ferbrache,Jeremy MacClancy

This book offers a comparative analysis of the political agency of British migrants in Spain and France and explores how they struggle for a sense of belonging in the wake of Brexit. With the UK's departure from the European Union (EU), Britons are set to lose EU citizenship as their political rights are redefined. This book examines the impacts this is having on Britons living in two EU countries. It moves beyond the political agency of underprivileged migrants to demonstrate that those who are relatively well-off also have political subjectivities: they can enter the political fray if their fundamental values or key interests are challenged. This book is based on ethnographic inquiry into the political agency of Britons in the Spanish Province of Alicante and South West France in the twenty-first century. Themes such as Britons becoming elected as local councillors in their countries of residence, migrants’ reactions to Brexit, organisation of anti-Brexit campaigners, and claims for residency and citizenship are examined. The book foregrounds the contemporary practice theory built on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, as well as Engin Isin’s approach to enacting citizenship, to provide empirical insights into the political participation of Britons. It does so by demonstrating how the elected councillors stood against gross moral inequity and fought for a sense of local belonging; how campaigners emoted digitally in reaction to Brexit; and how some migrants, keen to remain without worry, learnt both to navigate and to contest the policy and practice of national bureaucracies. This book makes a first-ever contribution to the fields of anthropology and geography in the study of impacts of Brexit on British migrants within Europe. It is also the first study into lifestyle migrants as political agents. It will thus appeal to anthropologists, human geographers, sociologists, as well as academics and students of citizenship studies, migration studies, European studies, and political geography.

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122

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Routledge

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1000298205

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9781000298208

Auditing

A Practical Approach with Data Analytics

By: Raymond N. Johnson,Laura Davis Wiley,Robyn Moroney,Fiona Campbell,Jane Hamilton

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Auditing

A Practical Approach with Data Analytics

By: Raymond N. Johnson,Laura Davis Wiley,Robyn Moroney,Fiona Campbell,Jane Hamilton

The explosion of data analytics in the auditing profession demands a different kind of auditor. Auditing: A Practical Approach with Data Analytics prepares students for the rapidly changing demands of the auditing profession by meeting the data-driven requirements of today's workforce. Because no two audits are alike, this course uses a practical, case-based approach to help students develop professional judgement, think critically about the auditing process, and develop the decision-making skills necessary to perform a real-world audit. To further prepare students for the profession, this course integrates seamless exam review for successful completion of the CPA Exam.

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733

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Wiley Global Education

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1119404924

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9781119404927

Emissary

Book Two of The Percheron Saga

By: Fiona McIntosh

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Emissary

Book Two of The Percheron Saga

By: Fiona McIntosh

A prisoner in the forbidden harem of the great Stone Palace of Percheron, Ana inflames the desires of every man who sees her, even as she fears for her future. The city's beloved protector, Spur Lazar, offered up his life for her, accepting punishment intended for the bewitching odalisque. Now, without Lazar's guiding hand, Percheron has become a darker, more treacherous place. Mistrusting the machinations of Herezah, his mother—who plots to destroy the odalisque Ana—the young Zar Boaz seeks counsel from the suddenly changed and dangerously secretive "Grand Vizier," counsel he desperately needs. War threatens from a distant realm; the cyclical battle of the gods intensifies; and the first of the Goddess's disciples is claimed by the demon Maliz. But all schemes must ultimately rise and fall on one unknown truth: Spur Lazar lives still, recovering in secret from the illness that has left him the gift of a curse.

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551

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Harper Collins

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0060899123

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9780060899127

Auditing, Google eBook

A Practical Approach

By: Robyn Moroney,Fiona Campbell,Jane Hamilton

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Auditing, Google eBook

A Practical Approach

By: Robyn Moroney,Fiona Campbell,Jane Hamilton

Auditing: a Practical Approach is a new textbook written for students studying auditing at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. The text reflects how an audit is conducted in practice and the issues that are of greatest concern to auditors. Written by authors from academic and professional practice backgrounds the text has a practical orientation and presents essential audit topics supported with constructive pedagogy. In order to communicate the key elements of the audit process a hypothetical case study, Cloud 9, underpins the audit process and methodology whilst providing a constant example of how general audit principles are applied in practice. With the educational trend to teach auditing with an industry and practical focus, the text will effectively develop a student's understanding of the various stages of an audit and how an audit is conducted in practice.

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490

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118256808

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9781118256800

Class Practices

How Parents Help Their Children Get Good Jobs

By: Fiona Devine

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Class Practices

How Parents Help Their Children Get Good Jobs

By: Fiona Devine

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302

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Cambridge University Press

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0521006538

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9780521006538

How to Reach Your Favorite Star II

By: Fiona Fox

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How to Reach Your Favorite Star II

By: Fiona Fox

Provides vital statistics and capsule accounts of such popular television actors as Niki Taylor, Johnny Depp, and Luke Perry.

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1565651006

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9781565651005

Back in School

How Student Parents Are Transforming College and Family

By: A. Fiona Pearson

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Back in School

How Student Parents Are Transforming College and Family

By: A. Fiona Pearson

Fifty years ago, students who were parents were a rarity in college classrooms, but recently, over a quarter of all undergraduate students were parents. A. Fiona Pearson explores how these student parents navigate cultural norms and institutional resources, forging pathways as they journey to become better parents and successful students.

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199

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Rutgers University Press

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1978801874

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9781978801875

Background Lesions in Laboratory Animals E-Book

By: Elizabeth Fiona McInnes

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Background Lesions in Laboratory Animals E-Book

By: Elizabeth Fiona McInnes

Background Lesions in Laboratory Animals will be an invaluable aid to pathologists needing to recognize background and incidental lesions while examining slides taken from laboratory animals in acute and chronic toxicity studies, or while examining exotic species in a diagnostic laboratory. It gives clear descriptions and illustrations of the majority of background lesions likely to be encountered. Many of the lesions covered are unusual and can be mistaken for treatment-related findings in preclinical toxicity studies. The Atlas has been prepared with contributions from experienced toxicological pathologists who are specialists in each of the laboratory animal species covered and who have published extensively in these areas. - over 600 high-definition, top-quality color photographs of background lesions found in rats, mice, dogs, minipigs, non-human primates, hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits - a separate chapter on lesions in the reproductive systems of all laboratory animals written by Dr Dianne Creasy, a world expert on testicular lesions in laboratory animals - a chapter on common artifacts that may be observed in histological glass slides - extensive references to each lesion described - aging lesions encountered in all laboratory animal species, particularly in rats in mice which are used for carcinogenicity studies

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141

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702049247

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9780702049248

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